Hong Kong
Hong Kong Discussion and ‘Teach-In’ Brings in Two Student Speakers to Shed Light on Protests
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Through the “teach-in,” Professor Carlson hoped to “draw the attention of students who might not be focused on Hong Kong.”
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/teach-in/)
Through the “teach-in,” Professor Carlson hoped to “draw the attention of students who might not be focused on Hong Kong.”
As China has come under international scrutiny for sending Uyghurs — a predominantly Muslim ethnic minority — to detention camps, dozens of Cornellians packed a room in Rockefeller Hall on Monday for a “teach-in” intended to shed light on the situation.
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“We… wanted to fulfill what we see as our mandate to educate on the Middle East and to do it by bringing the faculty out of the classroom and into the broader Cornell community.”